Some would say a scalawag.
. . .on his best days; perhaps; otherwise he was far too dangerous to get away with the fairly harmless description of 'scalawag'. . .
. . .'in his dreams' perhaps. . .
Hmmmm, I'd say scalawag, carpetbagger, no-goodnick, shucker-and-jiver, momzer, and pitful-lying-no-count for starters. Or in short, my nickname for him - King Ahab. Married to Queen Jezebel Evita.